I was reading an article about James Packer in the Good Weekend. His policy was ‘whoever dies with the most toys wins.’ So he tried to buy as much as he could – both in the business world and personally. He bought a boat that costs $100 000 to fill with petrol! He inherited an absolute fortune yet has now lost a huge chunk of it. He was hemorrhaging money at $8000 a minute, $480 000 an hour, $11.5 million a day.
The sad thing is, that James is really searching for a happy life. He said that
‘I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror at the end of the day, the month, the year, and say I did my best, I didn’t fritter away my life, I tired my hardest… I think if you can do that you probably have a higher chance of feeling good about yourself and therefore being happy and contented…’
Apparently he understands that it’s not just about getting more stuff – which is obvious in his case as it’s just so easy to lose. But he’s on a search that won’t result in a happy answer. Feeling good about ourselves is not the answer to true contentment. Knowing Christ and every spiritual blessing secured in Him – that is the only path to true contentment and thus real joy (rather than happiness) in this life.
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